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Shadowbound
By Savage Messiah
From the album Plague of Conscience (c) Earache records 2012
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Notation Legend.-
% = repeat last bar
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
. = palm mute
p = pull off
h = hammer on
(9)= right hand finger tap
/\/\/\ = vibrato (it's up to you if you want to use the bar or not)
b« = bend half step or equivalent
pb« = pre-bend
br« = bend and release
pbr« = pre-bend and release
Tuning: C#, G#, c#, F#, A#, D#
Up Tempo Rock = 150bpm
Intro (heavy):
Rhythm:
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|------8-----------------------------------8--------------------|
|-0----6-0----------------------------0----6-0------------------|
|-0------0--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---0------0--666-666-666-666-|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|------8----------------------------8---------------------|
|-0----6-0---------------------0----6-0-------------------|
|-0------0--6666666666666666---0------0--6666666666666666-|
Lead (with Octave):
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-/7~--7-5-7-/11~--\7-5-8--7~--7-5-7-----|
|------------------------------------6~--|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
Verse Riff:
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------p-h-p---p-h-p--------------------------p-h-p---p-h-p--------|
|-------------------9-6-9-6-6-5-6-5-6-3-5------------------9-6-9-6-6-5-6-5-6--3--|
|-0-000-000-000-000-----------------6-3-5-0-000-000-000-000----------------6--3--|
2nd Half of Verse (high vocals):
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------h-p-p------------------------------------------------h-p-p-------------|
|--p--------p-------5-6-5-0----6-------p--------h-p-p-----3--------------5-6-5-0----6-5-1-3-|
|-1-0-0000-1-0-0000---------00-6-0000-1-0-0000-3-5-3-0-00-3-0000-1-0-0000--------00-6-5-1-3-|
Intro reprise Different rhythm:
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/s/savage-messiah/357305.html ]
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-------------5-8-----------------|
|-------------3-6---------6-------|
|-00000000000-----0000000-6-66666-|
Pre Chorus:
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------5-3-6-----------1-4-1-0-|---------5-3-6-------1-0-1-/-4-4-|
|-000-000-------0-000-000-1-4-1-0-|-000-000-------0-000-1-0-1-/-4-4-|
Chorus:
Rhythm:
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------7\6-------------------------------|
|--------------------5\4-8-----------------------------|
|----0-----1-----0-------6----0-----1---1--1-0-5\4-1-0-|
|-00-0-000-0-000-0-00------00-0-000-0-0-1001-0-5\4-1-0-|
Lead(let ring):
|------------------------------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-8-8-11-11-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|
|---7--7--7--7-7-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7-|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
Break down riff/Tapping solo:
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------0-----------------1-------------------0----------1--0---5\4-1-0--|
|-00000000----------11111111-----------000000000----------1--0---5\4-1-0--|
Tapping solo:
|---t----h--p-----t----t----h--p-----t----t----h--p---
|-(22)-10-15-10-(22)-(22)-10-15-10-(22)-(22)-10-15-10-
|-----------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------
---t----h--p-----t----t----h--p-----t----t----h--p---
-(20)-10-15-10-(20)-(20)-10-15-10-(20)-(20)-10-15-10-
-----------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------
---t----h--p-----t----t----h--p-----t----t----h--p---
-(18)-10-15-10-(18)-(18)-10-15-10-(18)-(18)-10-15-10-
-----------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------
--t----h--p-----t----h--p-----t----h--p-----t--|
(20)-10-15-10-(18)-10-15-10-(17)-10-15-10-(18)-|
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Main Solo Rhythm:
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|------------h---------------------h------h-----|
|-5---------3-6---------5---------3-6----3-5----|
|---0-0-000-----0-0-000---0-0-000-----00-----00-|
Bridge out of the solo Into the verse:
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-7--5--7--11-7--8--12-----13-|
|-5--3--5--9--5--6--10--6--11-|
|-----------------------6-----|
